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2025–The world according to Jesus!
Bible Reading Plan: one chapter of the ESV New Testament five days a week
Dear Friends and citizens of the Kingdom of heaven,
Greetings in the Majestic Name of Jesus Christ!
In Luke 21:33 (ESV) Jesus states, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My Words will never pass away.” As we begin a new year, we choose to ask our Lord Jesus to guide us and transform our thinking, attitudes and resulting actions to reflect His eternal Word.
Our world view is initially formed before salvation by our inherited sin-nature that places us at the center of everything. Relying on the desires of our fallen nature, we easily succumb to the world’s pressure to conform to its definition of ‘normal’. We seek to create our own views of reality through our senses and whatever training is given to us by our parents, peers, and educators. Our world in America not only condones but encourages choices about our sexuality, our morality, and our freedom to be and do anything it now considers ‘woke’, despite laws already on the books or God’s Law which never changes. As those who have repented of our conformity to the world, we seek daily transformation of our thinking through reading and hearing God’s Word.
I have chosen the theme “The world according to Jesus” to guide our reading of the New Testament this year. I am using the English Standard Version (2001) and will read a chapter each day, five days a week, beginning in Matthew and ending with Revelation. As you read along with me, I will share in devotional form a passage from each chapter that helps me understand life and God’s plan for us. Please feel free to make your own journal or to comment on my posts by sharing what God is showing you. “Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.” Proverbs 27:17 ESV)
I am thankful for the Holy Spirit Who will help each of us to stay faithful and be conformed to our Lord Jesus and discern worldly habits. Have a blessed year of reading and watch daily for our Lord’s return!
In His Love, Pastor John Morse
Thankful for Promises!
Scripture reading for April 3rd: 1st Kings 7-10
Key Scriptures: 1st Kings 8:55-57 “He (Solomon) stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice saying: “Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel just as He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through His servant Moses. May the Lord our God be with us as He was with our fathers; may He never leave us or forsake us.”
Solomon dedicated the temple with a prayer for God’s presence and blessing to remain with His people in a continuing manner for all time to come. He praised God for the rest given Israel and for the faithful promises that proved true–down to the last word! By faith we lay hold of these sure words!
Rejoicing in true promises: Jesus Christ, Solomon’s son and God’s Son, also stated the truth of God’s promises and promised to be with His people always! “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.” (Matthew 24:35) ” “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:20)
The “Word” made flesh!
Scripture reading for April 7th: John 1
John’s record of Jesus’ life and ministry begins with the “Word” of God as the starting point. Jesus is God’s personal and final “Word” given to mankind to reveal His love, character, and Father’s heart. Jesus was with God in the beginning. This ‘beginning’ was the creation of the world and mankind. He made all things through His Word out of nothing. (John 1:3-4)
John also stated that Jesus is the source of all life and light. In Christ alone, there is life without end. He came to earth to bring this life and the knowledge of it to man. But because of sin and rebellion, man did not recognize Jesus. Even Jesus’ own people did not receive Him. Though Jesus was in the world He created, the world did not recognize Him because of the darkness. (John 10:10)
“Yet all who received Him, to those who believed in His Name, He gave the right to become the children of God–children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision, or of a husband’s will, but born of God.” (John 1:12-13) Those who believed on Jesus recognized Him as God’s Word made flesh. We know Him as the “One and Only, who came from the Father.” (John 1:14) We through faith become God’s children supernaturally by His Spirit.
“For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.” (John 1:17-18) God spoke the Law to Moses to reveal sin and man’s need for a sacrifice. The Law could not save mankind. But Jesus Christ revealed God’s grace and truth, enabling us to be restored to God. What an amazing Word!
Christ’s eternal Word!
Scripture reading for October 28th: Luke 19-21
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.” “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness, and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. Be always on the watch, and pray that you will be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.” Luke 21:33-36
According to Scripture, there is nothing in this world that is permanent and lasting except the Word of God. Everything else is decaying or passing away. Even our own bodies are decaying and changing. (2nd Corinthians 4:16a) We are born with a sentence of death because of sin. This world is groaning and in it’s present state will ultimately pass away.
But I am encouraged as I read the Word of God that there is something permanent that I can hang on to! God’s Word is permanent and eternal. What God has written for us is ultimate truth and reality! We can be certain of it! We can build our lives on it! We can tell our children about it and pass it on to our friends!
Jesus warned His followers to be careful because of these eternal truths. Heaven and earth would pass away one day. It would come upon those living on the earth suddenly, like a trap catching an unsuspecting animal. (Luke 21:34) Jesus encouraged His followers to be watchful and in prayer. There would be many who would be overcome with a reckless attitude. Some would be drunken and unable to rouse themselves. Others would allow the fears and worries of life to consume them and they would not be prepared for that day.
Those who are watching and praying would be able to stand before the Son of Man. They would be trusting in His grace and be ready to meet Him. Let’s be certain today that we are really believing what Jesus taught. A day is coming when the heavens and earth will pass away! His Word will never pass away! It will anchor your life in the coming storm!